BERLIN (AFP) – A dog out on a walk happened upon a live US grenade from World War II and eagerly delivered it to his master, police said Monday, but authorities were able to defuse the explosive before it went off.
A 40-year-old woman had let the dog off its leash near a stream on a walk Sunday on the outskirts of the town of Erkrath in western Germany’s Neander Valley.
The animal found the grenade on the ground, picked it up in its jaws and trotted back to its owner.
“She recognised immediately that it was probably an old, rusted hand grenade,” police said. “On the orders of the woman, the dog obediently put his find back next to the stream.”
Entries from June 2009
Good Boy, Good B…BOOM!
June 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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That Sure Came in Hand-y!
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A Chinese man lost his hand when it was ripped off at the wrist during a tug-of-war contest.
Mr Shi, 30, of Shenzen, joined the beach tug of war competition with more than 100 of his colleagues.
“I had done tug-of-war before. It was all fun and safe,” he told the Guangzhou Daily newspaper.
Entrants were divided into teams of five with Shi taking up the back position on his team. To stabilise himself, he wrapped the rope around his wrist and threw the loose end over his shoulder.
His match was heading for a draw when members of the audience started helping both teams to try to end the stalemate – without noticing Shi’s hand trapped in the rope.
“I called on people to stop, but my voice was too quiet to be noticed,” he said.
The competition was eventually halted when people noticed Shi holding up his damaged limb.
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Kim Jung (really is) Il
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The former chef of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il says he loved to eat live fish ‘with the tail still thrashing’.
Kenji Fujimoto said the 68-year-old communist leader enjoyed raw fish so fresh “that it is still moving” washed down with fine French wines and brandies.
“He particularly enjoyed raw fish so fresh that he could start eating as its mouth is still gasping and the tail is still thrashing,” he said.
“I sliced the fish so as not to puncture any of the vital organs, so of course it was still moving. Kim Jong-il was delighted. He would eat with gusto.”
The 56-year-old chef, who is in hiding in Japan after fleeing North Korea, is to publish a book called I Was Kim Jong-il’s Cook.
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Be-be-be-de-be-deee…..That’s ALL Folks!
June 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – It was a simpler sort of drug trade.
Syracuse police say a 45-year-old man offered a slaughtered pig as partial payment for a bag of crack cocaine.
They say two men were spotted making the deal on a street corner just before 8 p.m. Thursday.
Angelo Colon of Fulton was arrested on a misdemeanor drug possession charge and 42-year-old Omar Veliz faces a felony drug sale charge.
Police say Colon paid half a pig and $10 for a $50 bag of crack. Veliz told police the pig was for a celebration for a relative being released from jail.
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But Did He Mow the Lawn?
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VASSALBORO, Maine (AP) – A Maine man has been charged with operating under the influence after he and a friend made a beer run on a riding lawn mower.
Police say 51-year-old Danforth Ross of Vassalboro was charged May 29.
Trooper Joe Chretien had been flagged down by several motorists warning of a wayward mower and made the arrest after Ross and his friend emerged from a variety store with two cases of beer.
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I’ll Bet *THAT* Was Worth $10!
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SALEM, N.H. (AP) – Police said a man drove his car at a friend in Salem, N.H., after the two argued over a $10 bar tab. The man, 23, was charged with two counts of first-degree assault, reckless conduct and criminal mischief. Police said the man and a co-worker were out drinking on Friday, and the two went to the co-worker’s house early Saturday.
Police said the two began arguing over a $10 bar tab. The suspect drove his car, hitting the co-worker, causing him to flip onto the hood.
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Well, THAT Had to Be a Pain in the Ass…
June 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Residents who were fed-up living in Butt Hole Road have finally had the name changed.
The street which houses four homes in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, has now been renamed Archer Way.
The road was named after a communal water butt used centuries ago.
Peter Sutton, who has lived on the street for six years said he got bored of all the jokes.
Pranksters used to visit the street and bare their backsides for photographs while delivery firms refused to believe it existed.
Categories: Show Pile 6/01/2009
A Turkey Dinner Gone Afowl!
June 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
MISHICOT, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin woman and her 5-year-old daughter got a fowl visitor when an unwelcome wild turkey crashed through a bedroom window.
Heidi Herrera said she was watching television with her daughter Thursday when the bird quickly charged into the living room of their home in the eastern Wisconsin town of Mishicot. Herrera got her daughter and their pet Chihuahua to safety in another bedroom. The mother then ventured out and found the turkey in the kitchen.
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Usually They Break OUT of Prison, Dood!
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TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – A man caught breaking into the Miller County Jail last summer will soon leave his cell there for one in an Arkansas prison. Bobby Finley, 20, was accused of planning to sell drugs and tobacco inside the jail. Finley pleaded guilty Thursday to five felony counts and was sentenced to a total of 19 years in prison. But the sentences are to run consecutively and top out at five years.
Guards caught Finley using bolt cutters to get through the chain-link fence that surrounds the jail. Prosecutors said Finley had cocaine and marijuana in his possession.
“In 19 years of prosecuting you always encounter cases that make you believe you’ve seen it all – until you see a case of this nature,” Deputy Prosecutor Carlton Jones said. “It never ceases to amaze me.”
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A Different Kind of Crime With OJ
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ALOHA, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon man spent Memorial Day in jail after dialing 911 to complain that a McDonald’s worker was rude and didn’t give him an orange juice he ordered. Raibin Osman was accused of improper use of the emergency telephone number.
The Oregonian newspaper reports that the 20-year-old bailed out of the Washington County Jail on Tuesday and could not be reached for comment.
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He Thong He Wouldn’t Get Caught!
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ANDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Deputies said a man who was caught wearing a woman’s thong was charged with a burglarizing a home. Chief Deputy Mark Lucas said deputies caught the 42-year-old man only wearing panties in an abandoned farm house. The officers followed his footprints from a nearby Andersonville home where a burglary had been reported.
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